Seasonal regulation of NMDA receptor NR2B mRNA in the adult canary song system

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 593-603

  Singh, Tryambak D ^a   Heinrich, Julie E ^a   Wissman, Anne M ^b   Brenowitz, Eliot A ^b   Nordeen, E J ^a   Nordeen, K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Canary; NMDAR; NR1; NR2A; NR2B; Photoperiod; Plasticity; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CANARIES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTOPERIOD; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0037372274     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10178     Document Type: Article

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